The Privatization of Yoga
It is a sign of the predatory nature of markets today that a tradition that goes back 4,500 years now needs to affirmatively defend itself as a common legacy of humankind. Yes, the latest endangered...
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Connect and Catalyze: Can India Leverage ICT for Inclusive and Sustained...
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Academic Commoners Converge on Hyderabad
Every two years, the universe of scholars who study the commons converge on some spot on the planet to present their research findings, argue about theoretical models and party-hardy. Just kidding...
View ArticleThe Marginalization of the Commons and What To Do About It
I delivered the following remarks -- "The Marginalization of the Commons and What To Do About It" -- at the 13th Biennial conferece of the International Association for the Study of the Commons, in...
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The Seed-Sharing Solution
The women of Erakulapally – a small village two hours west of Hyderabad, India – spread a blanket onto the dusty ground and carefully made thirty piles of different seeds: their treasure, the symbols...
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The Rural Commons of India
The Foundation for Ecological Security (FES) is a pioneering advocate of the commons in India, especially on behalf of the poor. At the recent conference of the International Association for the Study...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court of India Defends the Village Commons
While common lands and waters are being stolen by investors and developers the world over, the Supreme Court of India decided it was not going to look the other way. In a bold, surprising ruling, the...
View ArticleTwo New Special Reports on the Commons Today
p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }a:link { }Two new special reports on the commons just came out, and both are chock-full of interesting presentations and essays. The first is published by Grassroots...
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Rajasthan's Cutting-Edge Public Policies to Promote Land Commons
If only the rest of the world could emulate the Government of Rajasthan in India in adopting public policies to promote the commons! As the Times of India reports, “Rajasthan has become the first state...
View ArticleReading Around: Common Voices and Stir
New issues of two of my favorite journals have come out. Time to check out some fascinating articles on commons-related themes. First, an introduction to the two publications,Common Voices and Stir...
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Gandhian Economics and the Commons
In a recent post on her blog, Fearless Heart (a post that also appears at Psychology Today), Miki Kashtan, cofounder of Bay Area Nonviolent Communication, brought forward some fascinating connections...
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Affective Labor as the Lifeblood of a Commons
We have so internalized the logic of neoliberal economics and modernity, even those of us who would like to think otherwise, that we don’t really appreciate how deeply our minds have been colonized....
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Gender and the Commons in India
The following is an interview with Soma Kishore Parthasarathy from the website of the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) on June 6. The interviewer was Ana Abelenda, and the piece is...
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